But some legal experts liken his action to the early lawsuits filed by smokers against the tobacco industry.

Some experts have likened the process to squeezing an elephant into a bathtub.

Some experts likened the merger talks to the opening of a Pandora's box, something that could forever change the competitive landscape.

The experts have likened him to a child soldier and cult member.

Three years later, experts liken the insurer's ad to the Ford Model T -pioneering but technically unspectacular.

Dr. Podolsky said many experts liken sigmoidoscopy to screening women for breast cancer by doing mammograms on only one breast.

The second-language instruction is so poor that a visiting expert recently likened it to pablum.

Many experts liken the new standards for local service to the regulatory changes in the 1970's that first introduced competition in the long-distance telephone market.

In terms of danger, some experts liken anabolic steroids to birth-control pills rather than cocaine or heroin.

Some experts likened the prosecution of "ritual" abuse cases to a collective hysteria not all that different from the Salem witch trials.